We already know that California’s exempt/non-exempt classification scheme is a complicated system of checks and balances that takes most employers the help of an attorney to traverse. Well, just so we don’t get overly...more

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Pre-Hire Peril: Avoid Self-Sabotage Through Background Checks:
In a joint publication of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, these federal agencies have...more

You craft and post a job description that is poetry. It generates a flurry of applications. You are so popular that you have your pick of potentially qualified employees for the position. You sift through the applications and...more

In the immortal words of Stephen Covey, the genius who convinced us to micro-organize our lives into fifteen minute increments, "Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying...more

An employee (Prock) becomes temporarily but totally disabled by an anxiety disorder, goes out on a disability leave and receives disability benefits. The disability leave is extended by the employee’s doctor several times....more

California state courts see an average of ten to twenty employment lawsuits filed every day. Discrimination and wrongful termination claims are still quite prevalent in those filings. The recent California Supreme Court case...more

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